What course am I to take? Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too …

J. R. R. Tolkien
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What course am I to take? Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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What course am I to take? Towards danger; but not too rashly, nor too straight. ✨ J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, p.55, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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